PFR,

You seem to think that "musician, artist, or writer" MUST be left wing:

YOU may choose only to look at AArt from one side, but most reasonable people look at the ART and judge it on it's merits, rather than on the political bent of the Artist.

Was Homer left wing?

Was Shakespeare?

How about Keats?

I'm sure glad I'm not a humanist musician, artist, or writer
enduring life under ANY of the current Arab regimes...


NOW ANSWER THE QUESTION:

"called for peace from both sides,"

For the Israelis, this would mean letting the demonstrators overrun the border and kill all the Jews ( the stated purpose).(- RESULT: DEAD JEWS AND PALESTINIANS ;JC's, Acme's, and Mr Shaw's preference)

For the Palestinians, this would entail keeping back from the border and NOT attacking the Israeli troops, or throwing rocks, grenades, burning tires, et al. (- RESULT - NOBODY HURT ;My preference)

So WHICH side has control of "peace"?